Bill Text: CA SR16 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Senate Resolution 16 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relative to National Surveyors Week

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-19 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 354.) [SR16 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SR16-Enrolled.html

BILL NUMBER: SR 16	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 19, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 5, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Bates, Cannella, Nguyen, and Vidak

                        MARCH 5, 2015

   Relative to National Surveyors Week


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, There are over 45,000 professional surveyors in the
United States, and 3,488 in the State of California; and
   WHEREAS, Surveying is the art and science of accurately
determining the position of points and the distances between them and
is often used to establish land boundaries for ownership or
governmental purposes; and
   WHEREAS, Surveying has been an essential element in the
development of the human environment since the beginning of recorded
history and is required in the planning and execution of nearly every
form of construction, with its most familiar modern uses in the
fields of transportation, building and construction, communications,
mapping, and the definition of legal boundaries for land ownership;
and
   WHEREAS, In order to accomplish their objective, surveyors use
elements of engineering, physics, mathematics, law, and history; and
   WHEREAS, Since the colonial days of the United States, surveyors
have been leaders in the community, statesmen, influential citizens,
and shapers of cultural standards; and
   WHEREAS, Former notable surveyors include George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Lewis and Clark, Daniel Boone, and
Henry David Thoreau, among many others; and
   WHEREAS, It was the work of the surveyor that determined the
boundaries of land, the greatest economic asset in the colonies and
territories that became the United States, including California; and
   WHEREAS, The nature of surveying has changed dramatically over
time, as it is no longer limited to the description and location of
land boundaries; and
   WHEREAS, Hydrographic surveys are important to the use of all
bodies of water; and
   WHEREAS, Engineering surveys are utilized in the study and
selection of engineering construction; and
   WHEREAS, Geodetic surveys determine precise global positioning for
such activities as aircraft and missile navigation; and
   WHEREAS, Cartographic surveys are used for mapping and charting,
as well as photogrammetry, the science of using aerial photographs
for measurement and map production; and
   WHEREAS, Many services are now provided through the use of
sophisticated surveying equipment and techniques, including
satellite-borne remote sensing devices and automated positioning,
measuring, recording, and plotting equipment; and
   WHEREAS, The establishment of the week of March 15 through March
21, 2015, as National Surveyors Week is a fitting tribute to all
surveyors; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
recognizes the week of March 15 through March 21, 2015, as National
Surveyors Week; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.